Just got off the phone with Chowon.

The gradient vector (gradient) of f(x,y) at a point P = (x0, y0) is the vector.... obtained by evaluating the partial derivatives of f at P.

I have to watch this video before I go to bed.

Sometimes I wish I had a lot of money.

I'm only half paying attention here......

[gradient](2xy-3y^2)@P(5,5)=10i-20j

I'm still waiting for some of those more grouchy formulas from chapter 15.1 to come back and bite me. I wonder if they'll just sit ominously in the back of my notebook for this entire class... never to be found in another application.

Video's over.

Chowon wants us to do a Bible study together via shared notes and regular checkups, and I'm pretty excited about it^^ It's gonna be one of those tough things to keep going, but I think we'll do it. I need to send her my mailing address....

The baby is here and is super adorable. Her name is Lainey Ann Slade. I got to hold her a little bit and it was just mesmerizing every time she moved or made a noise while in my arms. At one point, she reached her hand forward and I put my thumb in it and she grabbed it and held on for a while; she has a tight little grip for a baby^^ Can't wait to see this one grow up^^

Dan says he feels a little bad because he wants to spend more time with me and Steph and Gwen and now Lainey. I think he's doing his best and being a great Dad. I think that the fact that he feels bad about it just means that he's going to turn things out awesomely by trying to fix that. I still pray for him as often as I think to.

"Always."